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SEASON OUTLOOKROSTER INFORMATION .................................................................................................. 44

SEASON NOTES .............................................................................................................. 45

SEASON OUTLOOK ....................................................................................................46-47

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2009- 1 0 rOSTErNUMERICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School 1 Drew Crawford G/F 6-5 195 Fr. Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central 3 Mike Capocci F 6-6 195 Jr. Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East 4 Alex Marcotullio G 6-3 176 Fr. Warren, Mich./De La Salle 5 Jeff Ryan G/F 6-6 201 Sr. Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South 11 Reggie Hearn G 6-4 195 Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider 12 Luka Mirkovic F/C 6-11 243 So. Belgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.) 15 Nick Fruendt G 6-5 195 So. Batavia, Ill./Batavia 21 Ivan Peljusic F 6-8 215 Jr. Zadar, Croatia/V. Nazor Gymnasium 22 Michael Thompson G 5-10 190 Jr. Chicago, Ill./Lincoln Park 23 Jeremy Nash G 6-4 191 Sr. Chicago, Ill./Marist 24 John Shurna F 6-8 208 So. Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West 30 Davide Curletti F 6-9 228 So. Farmington Hills, Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 33 Matt Steger G/F 6-5 190 Sr. Northfield, Ill./Loyola Academy 44 Kevin Coble F 6-8 215 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian Academy 54 Kyle Rowley C 7-0 280 So. Arima, Trinidad/Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School 3 Mike Capocci F 6-6 195 Jr. Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East 44 Kevin Coble F 6-8 215 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian Academy 1 Drew Crawford G/F 6-5 195 Fr. Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central 30 Davide Curletti F 6-9 228 So. Farmington Hills, Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 15 Nick Fruendt G 6-5 195 So. Batavia, Ill./Batavia 11 Reggie Hearn G 6-4 195 Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider 4 Alex Marcotullio G 6-3 176 Fr. Warren, Mich./De La Salle 12 Luka Mirkovic F/C 6-11 243 So. Belgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.) 23 Jeremy Nash G 6-4 191 Sr. Chicago, Ill./Marist 21 Ivan Peljusic F 6-8 215 Jr. Zadar, Croatia/V. Nazor Gymnasium 54 Kyle Rowley C 7-0 285 So. Arima, Trinidad/Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy 5 Jeff Ryan G/F 6-6 201 Sr. Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South 24 John Shurna F 6-8 208 So. Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West 33 Matt Steger G/F 6-5 190 Sr. Northfield, Ill./Loyola Academy 22 Michael Thompson G 5-10 190 Jr. Chicago, Ill./Lincoln Park

Head Coach: Bill CarmodyAssistant Coach: Mitch HendersonAssistant Coach: Tavaras HardyAssistant Coach: Ivan VujicDirector of Operations: John Davidson PRONUNCIATIONS

Mike Capocci (3) .....................................Ka-POE-seeKevin Coble (44) .............................................CO-bullDavide Curletti (30) ................................DAH-vuh-dayAlex Marcotullio (4) ....................mark-oh-TOO-lee-ohLuka Mirkovic (12) ................LOO-kah MERK-uh-vickIvan Peljusic (21) .................. EE-vahn Pel-YOO-sitchMatt Steger (33) .......................................... STEE-gurIvan Vujic .......................................EE-vahn VOO-itch

BY CLASSSENIORS (4)Kevin CobleJeremy Nash

Jeff RyanMatt Steger

JUNIORS (3)Mike Capocci

Michael ThompsonIvan Peljusic

SOPHOMORES (5)Davide CurlettiNick FruendtLuka MirkovicKyle RowleyJohn Shurna

FRESHMEN (3)Drew CrawfordReggie Hearn

Alex Marcotullio

BY STATE/COUNTRYILLINOIS (8)Mike Capocci

Drew CrawfordNick FruendtJeremy Nash

Jeff RyanJohn ShurnaMatt Steger

Michael Thompson

MICHIGAN (2)Davide CurlettiAlex Marcotullio

ARIZONA (1)Kevin Coble

INDIANA (1)Reggie Hearn

CROATIA (1)Ivan Peljusic

SERBIA (1)Luka Mirkovic

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (1)Kyle Rowley

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2009- 1 0 S EASON NOTESFOUR STARTERS, 12 LETTERWINNERS RETURN Northwestern welcomes back 12 letterwinners from a season ago, including four starters. The Wildcats return 76.1 percent of their scoring and 86.4 percent of their rebounding. The 12 letterwinners returning tie the ’Cats with Michigan State for the highest total in the Big Ten.

COBLE RETURNS FOR FINAL SEASONThrough his first three seasons of play, forward Kevin Coble has already established himself as one of the top players in program history. Coble enters his final campaign ranked 14th in school history with 1,203 career points and has an outstanding chance of finishing among the top three scorers all-time at Northwestern. He became the first NU player to lead the team in both scoring and rebounding as a fresh-man and has done the same in each of the last two seasons as well. Coble was a consensus second-team All-Big Ten pick in 2008-09. He has posted the highest scoring game by a Big Ten player each of the last two seasons, posting 37 points against Indiana Feb. 23, 2008 and 31 in a win at eventual national runner-up Michigan State Jan. 21, 2009.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCESophomores John Shurna and Kyle Rowley each gained valuable experience playing internationally during the summer. Shurna was a key contributor on the United States’ team which captured the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. The U.S. went a perfect 9-0 with Shurna contributing 6.0 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Rowley was the youngest member of the national team of his native Trinidad and Tobago. The squad competed at the 20th-annual Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Men’s Basketball Championships in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

THREE NEWCOMERS JOIN THE MIXThree freshmen join the Wildcats for the 2009-10 season. Drew Crawford, a guard/forward, joins NU following a standout senior season at nearby Naperville Central High where he was named a first-team all-state selection. Southpaw Alex Marcotullio comes to Evanston as a sharp-shooter who was considered one of the top guards in the state of Michigan at De La Salle High in suburban Detroit. Walk-on Reggie Hearn has also joined the Wildcats after helping Fort Wayne Snider to an Indiana Class 4A state runner-up finish as a senior.

TOUGH SCHEDULE AWAITS WILDCATSThe ’Cats face a challenging slate in 2009-10, playing 18 of their 31 regular-season games against teams that participated in postseason play a year ago. Among the Wildcats’ non-conference oppo-nents are traditional powers Notre Dame, Butler, North Carolina State and Stanford, as well as a season-opening matchup against local foe Northern Illinois. Northwestern’s Big Ten slate should prove to be quite the challenge as the Wildcats’ first 10 games are being played against teams that reached the 2009 NCAA Tournament. The Big Ten has been picked as top league in the country by many pre-season prognosticators. In the 18-game conference schedule, NU will not host Ohio State or travel to Purdue this season.

HOME SWEET HOMEAfter setting a program best with 13 home wins in 2008-09, the Wildcats will have plenty more opportu-nities to play at the friendly confines of Welsh-Ryan Arena this season. Northwestern is set to play a school-record 19 regular-season home games during the 2009-10 campaign. NU’s lone nonconfer-ence road game is at N.C. State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

NORTHWESTERN BY THE NUMBERS

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Wins in as many games played by the United States’ U19 team on which John Shurna played and won a gold medal at the FIBA World Championships.

Points senior forward Kevin Coble needs to become just the third player in school history to reach 1,600 for his career.

Players who have led NU in both scoring and rebounding in each of his first three seasons. Coble is the lone individual to accomplish the feat.

Steals by Jeremy Nash, a season high for any Big Ten player last season, in a win over Chicago State Feb. 4, 2009.

Percentage of three-pointers made by Michael Thompson during the 2008-09 season, the third-best mark in the Big Ten.

Number of Division I true freshmen, including NU’s John Shurna, who started each of their team’s games last season.


SEASON OUTLOOKComing off a campaign in which the team reached the National Invita-

tion Tournament and came close to an NCAA Tournament berth, Northwestern head coach Bill Carmody returns a veteran group to the court for the 2009-10 season. Carmody isn’t one to rest on his laurels, though, and realizes the successes of a year ago don’t guarantee anything for the future. “I don’t look at this as a continuation of last year because every year, even if it’s the exact same personnel, guys change,” Carmody said. “They grow up, they get better, they get worse or they stagnate. I try to go into it with an open mind and see what the best combination of guys is that’s go-ing to help us win. Having said that, it’s nice to have a veteran team.” That veteran group includes four starters from 2008-09 and 12 let-terwinners overall which matches Michigan State as the most of any team in the Big Ten Conference. The one major hole in the lineup the Wildcats must replace is in the form of guard Craig Moore who not only graduated ranked first in school history in 3-point baskets and was a third-team All-Big Ten pick a year ago, he was also the squad’s emotional leader. “The guys who are really going to have to step up are the guys who played last year,” said Carmody. “We lost Craig Moore and I think we can replace his scoring, but he was a competitor who cared as much as anyone. Now we need to find out who is going to show that kind of leadership and competitiveness that you need to be successful in this conference.”

BACKCOURTLeading the offensive charge for the third consecutive season will be junior point guard Michael Thompson. One of the truly underrated players in the conference, Thompson posted an impressive 2.19 assist-to-turnover ratio and also ranked third in the Big Ten with a .431 3-point field goal per-centage while averaging 9.9 points per game. Carmody looks for Thompson to assume control of the offense while having a big season. “Michael has done better in his first two years than I thought he would do,” Carmody said. “He’s exceeded my expectations so far, but knowing him, I know that’s not enough for him. He has run the team with Craig in the past, but now he’s going to have to take over everything. He’s got to be the guy. He also can’t take five or six shots in a game. He’s going to have to take 10, 12 or 14 shots. He can get by his man, he finishes off things, he’s got a good in-between game and he was our best 3-point shooter last year percentage-wise. He worked his tail off this summer. He’s a gym rat and I think he’s going to have a terrific year.” Senior Jeremy Nash has an opportunity to fill Moore’s spot in the

starting lineup. Known around the Big Ten as a tenacious defender off the bench, Nash has exhibited consistent improvement in his all-around game which Carmody hopes will translate him into becoming someone who is responsible for winning games this season. “Jeremy could have started for us last year, but he had that energy that was a little better coming off the bench,” said Carmody. “Whether he starts or not, we’ll see, but he’s going to get an opportunity. I want him to be more than just an energy guy this year. He’s got to be consistently good, and then half of those games he makes you win. He’s capable of doing that.” Sophomore Nick Fruendt saw limited action during his initial season in a Wildcat uniform. However, he has shown a knack for scoring and if he continues to adapt to the college game, he could compete for quality minutes. “Nick has gotten stronger and more aggressive,” Carmody said. “He worked very hard in the spring with Coach (Mitch) Henderson. I had him work with Michael Thompson to show him what it means to go to work. He was behind a guy last year in Craig Moore who was playing the majority of the minutes. Nick seems to have improved. He has an assortment of shots and can put the ball in the basket. He needs to be able to help us win by doing the little things as well.” NU’s recruiting class included a pair of guards who have already shown the potential to step in and contribute immediately. Southpaw sharp-shooter Alex Marcotullio has already displayed a great knowledge of the game that Carmody compares favorably to another recent Wildcat who made a few shots in his day. “Alex reminds me of Craig in that he’s like a point guard from the neck up,” said Carmody. “He’s a competitor and he understands things. He can really shoot the ball. Like any freshman, the question will be is there going to be a big transition because of the strength, speed and intensity of Big Ten basketball? If he’s tough enough and strong enough and can sustain it, he’s going to be a good player for us.” In Carmody’s eyes, the same holds true for Drew Crawford. A native of nearby Naperville, the athletic wing has shown that he can do a little bit of everything. His versatility could prove to be a major asset to the ’Cats. “Drew flew under the radar a little bit in high school and was able to get by on his athleticism sometimes,” Carmody said. “He had a terrific summer, got a lot stronger and is shooting the ball well. He has the poten-tial to be a stat sheet stuffer. I think he’s a pretty good all-around player. The same that’s true for Alex is true for Drew. Is it going to take a year to get used to the college game or can you slide right in like Kevin Coble, Michael Thompson and Craig Moore did?”

FRONTCOURTKevin Coble is the type of player where around the Big Ten, numerous people are quizzically asking, “He’s still there?” Now a senior, Coble has become known as one of the most prolific scorers in the conference. After ranking fourth in the league with an average of 15.5 points per game last season, Coble is being looked to by Carmody to finish off his Northwest-ern career in style. A second-team All-Big Ten selection a year ago, Coble is the only player in program history to lead the team in both scoring and rebounding in each of his first three seasons. “Kevin has gotten a lot stronger,” said Carmody. “He worked hard this summer to get his body filled out. He had a lot to do with us being success-ful last season. He’s going to have to take on more of a leadership role this season. He’s not going to have to dominate because we have a lot of veter-ans, but people need to be able to look to him. He needs to make sure that some of the younger guys keep progressing. When you have a really good player like Kevin is, sometimes he can make everyone’s game jump a couple of levels. How he goes about his business is really important, and I’ve never had any complaints about that in the past.” Following a memorable summer, John Shurna returns as a starter at another forward spot. The Glen Ellyn, Ill., product had a productive

Northwestern’s 2009-10 roster features a total of eight players who attended high school in the Chicagoland area: (from left) MIKE CAPOCCI, NICK FRUENDT, DREW CRAWFORD, MICHAEL THOMPSON, JOHN SHURNA, JEREMY NASH, JEFF RYAN and MATT STEGER.


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freshman season before helping guide the United States Under-19 team to a gold medal at the FIBA World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. Carmody is looking for Shurna to display increased consistency this season. “I think John had a nice year last year,” said Carmody. “He had some very good games for us where he looked like he was the best player on the court. He also had some games where he looked like a freshman. He has played enough minutes where he shouldn’t look like a young guy out there. He should be a veteran as a sophomore. For about six weeks this summer, he was playing against very good competition as a member of the U.S. Under-19 team both here and in New Zealand. He can really shoot the ball, run and rebound. He just needs to keep improving his defense.” Fellow sophomore Luka Mirkovic also displayed tremendous po-tential during his freshman campaign. He split time with classmate Kyle Rowley, giving the Wildcats an inside presence they had been lacking in previous seasons. “Luka had a nice year last year,” Carmody said. “He had some very good games for us. I thought he was a little robotic at first, but I thought he got better and better as the season went along. He knows he needs to get better and he’s a hard worker who’s capable of it. I think he’s used to American basketball now and I’m expecting real good things from him. He has worked hard on his shooting so if he can step out and make shots and pull defenders out, he’s going to be someone who’s tough to deal with.” Meanwhile, Rowley got the majority of the starting nods in the post last season and provided Northwestern with one of the biggest bodies it has had on its roster in recent memory. The Wildcats are hoping that Rowley can bounce back from a foot injury he suffered over the summer that has sidelined him through portions of the preseason. “Kyle was doing really well in the spring and the summer and then he broke a bone in his foot in August. We’ll see how the rehab process goes and how quickly he comes along. We’ll be cautious with it and not rush him back. He was important for us last year. Defensively, guys got the ball in the post on him, but they didn’t score that much. He’s got a big body and he knows how to position himself. He’s really important to us.” A fourth post member of last season’s touted recruiting class, Davide Curletti got his first year off to a solid start and made one spot start in a home win over Ohio State. But as freshmen tend to do, Curletti struggled a bit over the course of the long season. Carmody believes that a strong off-season will allow Curletti to be a regular contributor in 2009-10. “Davide started out very strong last season and then seemed to wear

down a bit,” Carmody said. “He spent the whole summer here and worked out all the time. I think he’s much better than he was last year. He’s a pretty physical guy who has good legs and a good motor. Now he just needs to stay with it and be consistent. I think he can help us on the backboards. He can provide matchup problems for a lot of teams. He’s got a good shot to help us.” In addition to the talented sophomore class, Northwestern has a solid group of upperclassmen that it can turn to as well. Leading the way is senior Jeff Ryan who has both the size and athleticism to help the Wildcats at multiple positions. “Jeff is a pretty versatile guy who can swing from guard to forward,” Carmody said. “He’s a high IQ guy and knows what’s going on. He just needs to play with confidence. He’s a good dribbler, passer and defender and can run and jump. If you’re good at all of those things, now let’s put it all together.” Ditto for junior Mike Capocci. Perhaps the most athletic player on the NU roster, Capocci can help tremendously if he can prove that he can incorporate his skills into game situations. “Going into his junior year, this is the time that Mike needs to put it all together,” said Carmody. “Most of the parts are there, now he needs to put it together on the court. He’s a guy who can really help us with his athleticism.” Yet another player who can be a mismatch for the opposition is Ivan Peljusic. The redshirt junior feeds off emotion and Carmody hopes Peljusic can find the right balance of playing with energy, yet under control. “I think Ivan can have a good year. He has all the physical tools, he just tries to do too much sometimes. We really stress with him that we need to eliminate the turnovers and just let the game come to you. He’s an athlet-ic guy and is a good basketball player, but sometimes he gets too excited out there. He needs to play a little more calmly, but I don’t want to take away the enthusiasm because he’s one of the best-liked guys on the team and I want to see him do well.”

THE SCHEDULEThe Wildcats will be challenged early and often throughout the 2009-10 campaign, as they are set to play 18 of the 31 regular-season games against teams that appeared in postseason play a year ago. After winning a school-record 13 home games last season, Northwestern has a program-best 19 games scheduled for Welsh-Ryan Arena. The regular-season slate opens Nov. 13 as the ’Cats take on local foe Northern Illinois. It will be the first meeting between the schools since the 1986-87 season. Butler, which is expected to begin the season ranked in the top 25, makes the trek to Evanston five days later. Northwestern then takes part in the Chicago Invitational Challenge, hosting Tennessee State and Liberty Nov. 22 and 24, respectively, at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The event then moves to the UIC Pavilion where the Wildcats take on Notre Dame Nov. 27 followed by a matchup against either Saint Louis or Iowa State the following day. This year’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge sees the ’Cats travel to North Carolina State Dec. 1. It is the lone road nonconference game the Wildcats have scheduled this season. Pac-10 foe Stanford is on the schedule for the fourth straight season as the Cardinal comes to Evanston Dec. 19. The Big Ten Conference has been rated by many prognosticators as the top league in the country heading into the 2009-10 season and North-western will be put through the gauntlet right out of the gates. NU’s first 10 conference games are against teams that appeared in last season’s NCAA tournament. Northwestern starts league play on the road Dec. 30 at in-state rival Il-linois. The Big Ten home season tips off Jan. 2 when the Wildcats welcome defending national runner-up Michigan State. NU has four home games over a five-game stretch in early February before finishing with three of its last four conference games on the road. The 2009 Big Ten Tournament is set for March 11-14 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.

MATT STEGER, JEFF RYAN, JEREMY NASH and KEVIN COBLE comprise this year’s senior class.

THE PLAYERSKEVIN COBLE ..............................................................................................................50-51

JEREMY NASH ............................................................................................................52-53

JEFF RYAN ..................................................................................................................54-55

MICHAEL THOMPSON ................................................................................................56-57

MIKE CAPOCCI ...........................................................................................................58-59

IVAN PELJUSIC ...........................................................................................................60-61

DAVIDE CURLETTI ........................................................................................................... 62

NICK FRUENDT ................................................................................................................ 63

LUKA MIRKOVIC ............................................................................................................... 64

JOHN SHURNA ................................................................................................................. 65

KYLE ROWLEY ................................................................................................................. 66

MATT STEGER ................................................................................................................. 67

DREW CRAWFORD.......................................................................................................... 68

ALEx MARCOTULLIO ...................................................................................................... 68

REGGIE HEARN ............................................................................................................... 68

’CAT NIPS ......................................................................................................................... 69


2008-09 Consensus second-team All-Big Ten selection ... NABC Second-Team All-District pick ... Ranked fourth with 15.7 points and fifth with 1.67 steals per game and an .825 free throw percentage in league play ... Scored a game-high 18 points in a victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/19) ... Enjoyed a solid all-around performance in a win over Florida State (12/3), notching 15 points, eight rebounds and a career-high-tying seven assists ... Tallied 16 of a season-high 25 points in the first half of a win over DePaul (12/6) ... Tallied 22 points and eight rebounds in a win over UMKC (12/15) ... Recorded team highs of 15 points and six rebounds at Stanford (12/20) ... Notched 20 points in a victory over No. 18 Minnesota (1/18), including a perfect 9-for-9 effort from the free throw line ... Scored a season-high 31 points, including 19 in the first half, to go along with four steals in an upset win at No. 7 Michigan State (1/21) ... Named Big Ten co-Player of the Week Jan. 26, the first such honor of his career, for his efforts at Michigan State and Michigan ... Posted game-high 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting, including tying a season high with four 3-pointers, in a win over Ohio State (2/18) ... Notched 16 points and eight rebounds in a win at No. 19 Purdue (3/4).

2007-08 Honorable mention All-Big Ten pick of both the media and coaches ... Missed first nine games of the season while taking a leave from the program to be with his mother who was battling cancer ... Led team in scoring and rebounding average for the second consecutive season ... Ranked fifth in the Big Ten in scoring in conference games (15.2 ppg) ... Tied a Welsh-Ryan Arena record, set a career high and set a Big Ten season high with 37 points on 12-of-16 shooting against No. 15 Indiana (2/23) ... Grabbed career-high five steals vs. Ohio State (2/13) ... Posted 29 points in a win over UT-Pan American (1/30) ... Recorded career highs of 14 rebounds and seven assists to go along with 19 points at Chicago State (1/16) ... Tallied 34 points on 14-of-18 shooting vs. Michigan (1/12) ... Scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds in first start of the season at Minnesota (1/9) ... First player since Evan Eschmeyer (1998-99) to post multiple games with 29 or more points in the same season ... One of 14 national finalists for the V Founda-tion Comeback Award.

2006-07 Started 28 of 29 games in which he played ... Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team after becoming the first freshman in school history to lead the team in both scoring (13.4 ppg) and rebounding (5.2 rpg) ... Among conference newcomers, ranked third in scoring (13.4), second in rebound-ing (5.2), third in FG percentage (.494), third in 3FG percentage (.388) and fourth in FT percentage (.795) ... Had five games with 20 or more points ... Scored a season-high 25 points and went 9-of-10 from the FT line in an overtime win over Western Michigan (12/9) ... Scored 17 of 24 points in the second half at No. 2 Wisconsin (2/3) ... Had 24 points in the home loss to Purdue (2/24) ... Recorded season highs with six assists and four steals in the win over Loyola (Md.) (12/27) ... Became the first Wildcat since Jitim Young in 2003 to record back-to-back double-doubles, recording 16 points and 10 boards against Penn State (2/10) and 14 points

KEVIN COBLE

446-8 • 215 • Sr.ForwardScottsdale, Ariz.Scottsdale Christian Academy

and 11 rebounds at Iowa (2/15) ... Notched 18 points, including four 3-pointers, and eight boards in the win over Texas Pan-American (2/21) ... Averaged 20.3 ppg at the San Juan Shootout and was named to the all-tournament team ... Made all five 3-point attempts in the blowout win over Utah (12/21) ... Scored the winning basket with a putback with 3.2 seconds remaining in the win over North Florida (11/25).

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COBLE’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2006-07 29-28 901-31.1 156-316 .494 45-116 .388 31-39 .795 25-127 152-5.2 49 0 46 41 21 46 388-13.42007-08 21-19 734-35.0 130-270 .481 35-90 .389 39-48 .813 20-94 114-5.4 46 0 37 32 9 27 334-15.92008-09 31-31 1060-34.2 179-379 .472 47-119 .395 76-99 .768 22-126 148-4.8 48 0 76 43 19 41 481-15.5CAREER 81-78 2695-33.3 465-965 .482 127-325 .391 146-186 .785 67-347 414-5.1 143 0 159 116 49 114 1203-14.9

HiGH SCHOOL Scored 2,346 career points and averaged 26.9 ppg during senior season, both school records ... Averaged 12.1 rebounds during senior season and grabbed 1,201 over career ... Shot 87.8 percent (137-156) from the free throw line senior season ... Scored 44 points in one game and had 22 rebounds in another ... Shot 58.9 percent from the field over career ... Nike All-America selection in 2005 and a Nike “Top 100” player in 2004 ... Led the Eagles to a 64-3 record and back-to-back state titles in 2003-04 and 2004-05 ... Named to the Arizona State All-Tournament team three straight years ... A three-time Arizona Republic and Tribune all-state selection ... Also a three-time Arizona Republic Small-School Player of the Year ... Four-time team MVP ... A four-time all-region selection ... As a junior, averaged 19.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.1 blocks and 1.5 assists per game ... Was listed as a small forward to watch following the Nike All-American Camp in Indianapolis ... Also a standout golfer, helped team to state runner-up finish in 2003 ... National Honor Society member ... Honor student with a 4.0 grade-point-average ... High school coach was Bob Fredericks.

PERSOnAL Born Kevin Randolph Coble on 11/9/1987 in Greensboro, N.C. ... Son of Randy and Carlys Coble ... Was heavily involved throughout the commu-nity, volunteering at several charitable organizations and functions such as the Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief project for the Salvation Army ... Also considered Arizona State, New Mexico, Stanford, Yale and Notre Dame ... Major is political science.

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas * 6-12 0-3 3-4 8 15 1 1 2 3 25Texas A&M-CC * 7-14 3-6 1-2 4 18 3 2 0 0 30at Brown * 4-11 2-4 0-0 3 10 3 0 0 1 39at Butler * 1-4 1-1 0-2 7 3 3 2 1 2 38UC Riverside * 4-8 1-5 5-7 5 14 0 0 0 0 32Florida State * 5-15 2-5 3-5 8 15 7 2 2 2 38DePaul * 11-19 3-8 0-1 6 25 1 0 1 1 31UMKC * 9-16 4-7 0-2 8 22 1 1 3 1 37at Stanford * 6-11 2-4 1-2 6 15 2 0 0 1 38SMU * 3-7 0-1 3-3 3 9 5 1 0 0 25at Penn State * 5-13 1-4 0-0 6 11 2 1 0 1 38Michigan State * 5-15 2-7 5-6 4 17 2 1 1 4 37 at Wisconsin * 3-10 1-3 2-3 5 9 2 0 0 2 31Purdue * 6-15 1-1 3-4 2 16 0 1 1 2 37Minnesota * 5-13 1-5 9-9 3 20 4 4 0 1 33at Michigan State * 10-16 3-8 8-9 4 31 1 2 0 4 38at Michigan * 9-18 2-5 1-1 7 21 5 0 1 2 36Indiana * 6-11 2-5 5-8 2 19 2 4 0 3 37Wisconsin * 3-9 0-0 1-2 2 7 1 1 0 1 30Chicago State * 7-12 1-2 0-0 6 15 6 2 0 0 35at Iowa * 4-8 0-3 0-1 3 8 0 3 0 1 26Illinois * 5-13 2-4 2-2 5 14 4 1 0 0 37Michigan * 5-17 1-6 12-13 3 23 1 0 0 3 45Ohio State * 10-15 4-6 2-2 4 26 3 0 1 3 35at Minnesota * 2-6 1-2 0-0 1 5 2 1 0 1 22at Indiana * 5-8 0-0 0-0 3 10 3 2 2 0 28Iowa * 7-14 2-3 0-1 9 16 3 2 3 1 35at Purdue * 7-10 0-0 2-2 8 16 2 1 1 0 34at Ohio State * 6-13 1-4 0-0 2 13 0 4 0 1 38vs. Minnesota * 6-11 3-4 6-6 6 21 1 2 0 0 35at Tulsa * 7-15 1-3 2-2 5 17 6 2 0 0 40-

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinStanford DNPat DePaul DNPBenedictine DNPBrown DNPat Virginia DNPSavannah State DNPArkansas State DNPat Western Michigan DNP Howard DNPPenn State 4-9 2-5 1-2 2 11 2 2 1 1 23at Ohio State 4-12 1-4 2-2 6 11 1 1 0 1 33at Minnesota * 7-14 3-7 0-0 7 17 1 0 0 3 34Michigan * 14-18 4-5 2-2 5 34 1 0 1 1 40-at Chicago State * 8-22 1-6 2-2 14 19 7 1 0 2 37at Wisconsin * 3-8 0-0 2-2 6 8 2 2 0 2 32Michigan State * 7-14 3-6 0-0 6 17 2 0 0 1 36at Illinois * 1-4 1-2 0-0 3 3 1 2 0 1 25UT-Pan American * 11-17 3-6 4-4 5 29 0 1 2 0 38at Indiana * 4-9 1-3 3-5 4 12 1 2 0 0 31Minnesota * 9-18 2-6 2-2 5 22 3 3 1 1 39at Michigan State * 6-17 2-6 0-1 6 14 2 1 0 1 32Ohio State * 2-7 0-1 0-0 2 4 2 3 0 5 36Purdue * 6-12 1-4 0-4 7 13 1 0 0 0 36at Iowa * 5-12 2-5 0-0 5 12 1 3 0 0 36Indiana * 12-16 5-6 8-8 5 37 2 2 2 1 39at Michigan * 6-12 0-4 4-4 6 16 1 2 0 1 20at Purdue * 4-7 0-1 2-2 7 10 2 1 0 0 35Iowa * 6-17 2-6 2-2 2 15 1 2 0 1 37Wisconsin * 7-15 1-4 2-2 3 17 1 2 0 3 35vs. Minnesota * 4-10 1-3 4-5 8 13 3 2 2 2 40

2006-07 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCornell * 4-7 1-3 1-2 7 10 2 0 1 1 32DePaul * 4-7 1-3 0-0 3 9 1 1 1 0 25at Stanford * 2-9 1-3 0-0 1 5 2 0 0 0 21Brown * 5-9 1-2 0-0 1 11 0 1 1 2 21North Florida * 3-7 0-2 0-0 6 6 1 3 1 1 17Miami (Fla.) * 3-5 0-0 1-2 4 7 0 1 1 2 24Western Michigan * 7-13 2-5 9-10 7 25 1 7 0 2 43Wheaton (Ill.) * 5-10 1-4 1-1 5 12 0 1 0 3 35vs. Tennessee Tech * 9-20 5-11 0-0 7 23 0 2 2 1 37vs. PR-Mayaguez * 8-12 0-2 0-0 9 16 3 0 0 0 34 vs. Utah * 8-11 5-5 1-1 2 22 1 2 0 0 26Loyola (Md.) * 4-9 1-2 2-2 5 11 6 1 0 4 33Northwestern State * 9-10 0-1 1-2 7 19 2 1 1 3 23at Penn State * 0-3 0-1 0-0 6 0 0 2 0 0 27Michigan * 3-13 1-5 3-3 5 10 2 2 0 1 28at Michigan State * 3-8 1-3 0-0 3 7 3 1 1 3 26Wisconsin DNPat Ohio State DNPat Minnesota 6-12 1-3 0-0 4 13 1 1 1 1 29Ohio State * 4-9 2-7 0-0 2 10 3 1 1 3 32Minnesota * 6-7 3-3 0-0 3 15 2 2 0 0 33at Wisconsin * 10-17 3-7 1-1 7 24 4 1 0 3 38Illinois * 4-9 1-3 0-0 3 9 0 0 1 2 34Penn State * 6-11 3-6 1-2 10 16 3 3 2 1 34at Iowa * 7-18 0-3 0-1 11 14 2 2 1 0 37at Illinois * 4-13 1-7 0-0 5 9 0 2 0 2 35UT-Pan American * 6-10 4-6 2-2 8 18 0 2 1 1 32Purdue * 8-18 2-5 6-7 4 24 2 0 2 2 38Indiana * 6-15 1-4 0-0 8 13 2 0 1 4 39at Purdue * 7-15 1-6 0-0 3 15 2 0 2 3 34vs. Michigan State * 5-9 3-4 2-3 6 15 1 2 0 1 34



2008-09 Came off the bench in all 31 games ... Ranked 13th in Big Ten games with an average of 1.18 steals per game despite not being a starter ... Had at least one steal in 18 of the last 24 games, including three or more in four games over a seven-game span from Jan. 15-Feb. 4 ... Had a stellar all-around game in a win over No. 18 Minnesota (1/18), posting nine points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals in 29 minutes of action ... Handed out a career-high four assists to go along with season highs of 10 points and three steals in a win over Indiana (1/28) ... Scored nine points, including a late slashing layup in a win over Wisconsin (1/31) ... Had a Big Ten season-high seven steals in a win over Chicago State (2/4) ... Tied a season high with 10 points in a win at Indiana (2/25).

2007-08 Saw playing time in 20 contests ... Made first career start vs. Minnesota in the Big Ten tournament (3/13) ... Missed first eight games of the season due to injury ... Posted a career-high 12 points to go along with three re-bounds at No. 11 Indiana (2/3) ... Notched eight points, including 3-for-3 shooting from the field, vs. Minnesota (2/6) ... Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds at No. 11 Michigan State (2/9), surpassing previous high of four ... Tallied nine points, eight rebounds and a season-high three steals against Ohio State (2/13) ... Also had three steals to go along with five points and six rebounds vs. Iowa (3/4).

2006-07 Played in 26 games off the bench ... Averaged 2.4 points while averaging 10.4 minutes per game ... Enjoyed best game offensively with 10 points at Penn State (1/3) ... Scored six points in the win over Utah at the San Juan Shootout (12/21) ... Scored seven points and grabbed a season-high four rebounds in the road loss at No. 4 Ohio State (1/17).

HiGH SCHOOL Averaged 16.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 3.1 steals as a senior ... Finished as Marist’s third all-time leading scorer (1,241 points) and also is third on the all-time assists list with 314 ... Only the fourth player in Marist history to play varsity basketball all four years ... A two-time Class AA all-state selection and Daily Southtown all-area selection in 2005 and 2006 ... Three-time East Suburban Catholic all-conference choice ... Led the RedHawks to a 70-16 record in three full seasons on the varsity squad (Marist was 17-60 the three years prior) ... Guided Marist to three straight 20-win seasons for the first time in school history ... Member of the Ferrari 2006 AAU 17 and Under National Championship team ... High school coach was Gene Nolan ... Ranked in the top 20 on the ChicagoHoops.com list of top prospects in Illinois ... Averaged 14.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and three assists as a junior and 12.0 points and 7.0 rebounds as a sophomore in helping Marist to back-to-back Class AA regional titles ... Was called up to varsity halfway through freshman season and averaged 10.5 points and 6.5 rebounds ... Named to the Class AA All-State fourth team as voted by the Illinois Basketball Coaches ... ChicagoHoops.com All-Lockdown first team ... Also a four-year letterwinner playing wide receiver on the football team and one year playing baseball.

JEREMY nASH

236-4 • 191 • Sr.GuardChicago, Ill.Marist


PERSOnAL Born Jeremy J. Nash on 12/1/1987 ... Son of James and Lynette Nash ... Also considered Dayton, Loyola and Ball State ... Major is learning and organizational change.


nASH’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2006-07 26-0 266-10.2 24-70 .343 7-36 .194 8-12 .667 9-20 29-1.1 30 0 11 11 5 18 63-2.42007-08 20-1 356-17.8 24-51 .471 5-18 .278 16-20 .800 22-35 57-2.9 48 1 27 16 3 18 69-3.52008-09 31-0 579-18.7 39-97 .402 14-41 .341 17-26 .654 22-47 69-2.2 74 3 34 25 6 35 109-3.5CAREER 77-1 1201-15.6 87-218 .399 26-95 .274 41-58 .707 53-102 155-2.0 152 4 72 52 14 71 241-3.1

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15Texas A&M-CC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2at Brown 1-6 1-4 0-0 2 3 2 0 0 0 16at Butler 2-5 1-2 0-0 2 5 0 1 0 1 19UC Riverside 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7Florida State 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 3 1 1 0 0 6DePaul 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2UMKC 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 1 5at Stanford 1-2 1-2 0-2 3 3 0 0 0 1 15SMU 0-3 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 1 14at Penn State 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7Michigan State 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 0 14 at Wisconsin 1-4 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 2 0 1 22Purdue 1-6 0-1 1-2 0 3 1 1 0 3 28Minnesota 3-4 0-1 3-4 6 9 3 2 0 3 29at Michigan State 0-3 0-1 0-1 3 0 3 0 0 1 28at Michigan 1-2 0-0 0-0 6 2 0 1 1 2 31Indiana 4-5 2-2 0-1 3 10 4 2 0 3 29Wisconsin 3-4 1-2 2-2 1 9 0 1 0 1 30Chicago State 2-5 1-3 0-0 3 5 2 2 0 7 22at Iowa 2-4 1-1 0-0 2 5 0 0 0 0 20Illinois 1-3 0-1 2-2 2 4 2 0 1 0 20Michigan 1-4 0-1 2-2 2 4 1 0 0 1 21Ohio State 2-5 0-2 0-0 3 4 4 4 0 2 24at Minnesota 3-7 1-3 2-2 2 9 0 2 0 0 21at Indiana 2-3 1-2 5-6 2 10 1 1 2 2 26Iowa 0-1 0-1 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 0 20at Purdue 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 1 1 0 15at Ohio State 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 1 15vs. Minnesota 3-6 2-2 0-2 3 8 3 0 1 2 31at Tulsa 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 5 0 1 0 1 25

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinStanford DNPat DePaul DNPBenedictine DNPBrown DNPat Virginia DNPSavannah State DNPArkansas State DNPat Western Michigan DNPHoward 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4Penn State DNPat Ohio State DNPat Minnesota 1-5 0-4 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 2 7Michigan 2-4 0-1 2-2 1 6 0 0 0 0 3at Chicago State 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 0 11at Wisconsin 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 9Michigan State 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 3 0 0 1 9at Illinois 2-5 0-2 0-0 2 4 2 2 0 2 17UT-Pan American 1-3 0-1 0-1 2 2 3 3 0 2 18at Indiana 4-5 2-3 2-2 3 12 0 0 0 0 27Minnesota 3-3 0-0 2-2 1 8 1 0 0 1 18at Michigan State 0-3 0-1 2-2 10 2 3 2 0 0 29Ohio State 3-6 1-3 2-2 8 9 0 1 1 3 29Purdue 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 0 28at Iowa 1-1 0-0 1-1 6 3 1 1 0 1 20Indiana 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 1 1 1 16at Michigan 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 1 18at Purdue 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15Iowa 1-1 1-1 2-4 6 5 3 1 0 3 27Wisconsin 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 4 0 1 0 0 29vs. Minnesota * 2-3 1-1 0-0 2 5 4 1 0 0 22

2006-07 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCornell 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2DePaul DNPat Stanford 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 4Brown 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 2 1 1 2 2 13North Florida 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 1 6Miami (Fla.) 1-3 1-2 0-1 0 3 0 0 0 0 9Western Michigan 0-2 0-1 2-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8Wheaton (Ill.) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4vs. Tennessee Tech 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 2 13vs. PR-Mayaguez 2-2 1-1 0-0 1 5 1 2 0 1 17vs. Utah 2-2 0-0 2-2 0 6 0 2 0 1 8Loyola (Md.) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2Northwestern State 2-7 1-5 0-0 3 5 1 1 0 1 20at Penn State 3-7 1-5 3-6 0 10 0 1 0 3 17Michigan 1-5 1-3 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 2 13at Michigan State 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7Wisconsin 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4at Ohio State 3-6 1-3 0-0 4 7 0 0 0 1 14at Minnesota 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5Ohio State DNPMinnesota DNPat Wisconsin 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 4 2 2 0 0 25Illinois 1-4 0-3 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 19Penn State DNPat Iowa 1-4 0-1 0-0 4 2 2 0 0 0 15at Illinois 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14UT-Pan American 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+Purdue 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5Indiana DNPat Purdue 3-5 1-1 1-1 2 8 0 0 0 2 15vs. Michigan State 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7



2008-09 Appeared in 28 of 31 games off the bench ... Tallied 10 points and tied a career high with six free throws made in seven attempts vs. Central Arkansas (11/16) ... Provided a boost off the bench with nine points, a career-high eight rebounds and three assists in a season-high 24 minutes of action in a win over Florida State (12/3) ... Scored eight points and had a pair of steals at Stanford (12/20) ... Posted season highs of four as-sists and three steals at Iowa (2/7) ... Contributed six points and a pair of rebounds in a win at No. 19 Purdue (3/4) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2007-08 Played in the first 22 games, including making 12 starts, before missing the final eight contests due to injury ... Led team with a .575 field goal percentage ... Handed out a career-best five assists in the season-opener against then-No. 20 Stanford (11/15) ... Tallied a career-best 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting in a victory over Benedictine (11/20) ... Connected on all four field goal attempts en route to scoring eight points and tying a season high with five rebounds against Texas-Pan American (1/30) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2006-07 Played in 30 games and started 10 straight, all Big Ten games ... Averaged 5.1 points and shot 47 percent from the field ... Third on team with 32 steals ... Ranked 15th in the Big Ten with 1.1 steals per game ... Finished ninth among league freshman in scoring, sixth in FG percentage and fifth in steals ... In first career start, netted a season-high 18 points in the narrow loss to No. 3 Wisconsin ... Was 8-of-12 from the field in that game ... Had 10 points in the win over Texas-Pan American (2/21) and 11 on 5-of-6 from the floor against Indiana (2/28) ... Grabbed a season-high six rebounds in the loss at No. 4 Ohio State (1/17) ... Had nine points on 4-of-6 shooting in the road win against Minnesota (1/20).

HiGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner ... Averaged 14 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals as a senior ... Finished career ranked fourth on Glen-brook South’s all-time scoring list and is the fifth player in school history to score over 1,000 points ... Was a special mention Chicago Sun-Times all-state selection and honorable mention Associated Press all-state selection ... Named to the IBCA all-state second team ... A two-time all-Central Suburban League choice and South Division Player of the Year ... Member of the 2006 City Suburban All-Star Team ... Led team to the CSL South Conference championship in 2004-05 ... Was listed as the No. 1 small forward and the No. 10 player overall in the state by Chica-goHoops.com ... Averaged 13.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in 2004 and led Glenbrook South to a 23-5 record and the regional championship during his junior campaign ... A three-year member of the Illinois Warriors AAU team, leading team to a second place finish in the National AAU Super Showcase ... Special mention 2005 Boys Class AA All-State selection ... High school coach was John Meyer.

JEFF RYAn

56-6 • 201 • Sr.Guard/ForwardGlenview, Ill.Glenbrook South


PERSOnAL Born Jeffrey B. Ryan on 7/11/1988 ... Son of Sue and Jeff Ryan ... Father played basketball at Stanford ... Also considered DePaul, Loyola and Saint Louis ... Major is learning and organizational change.


RYAn’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2006-07 30-10 650-21.7 58-124 .468 7-27 .259 29-48 .604 16-50 66-2.2 34 0 28 31 1 32 152-5.12007-08 22-12 523-23.8 50-87 .575 4-10 .400 9-26 .346 11-50 61-2.8 48 3 39 31 11 15 113-5.12008-09 28-0 349-12.5 18-43 .419 0-5 .000 22-35 .629 17-31 48-1.7 40 0 30 20 3 15 58-2.1CAREER 80-22 1522-19.0 126-254 .496 11-42 .262 60-109 .550 44-131 175-2.2 122 3 97 82 15 62 323-4.0

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas 2-4 0-0 6-7 0 10 1 0 1 0 17 Texas A&M-CC 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7at Brown DNPat Butler 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 1 0 0 8UC Riverside 1-1 0-0 1-2 2 3 0 1 0 1 15Florida State 3-6 0-0 3-7 8 9 3 0 0 1 24DePaul 0-3 0-0 0-1 4 0 1 1 0 0 17UMKC 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 1 1 14at Stanford 3-6 0-2 2-3 3 8 2 3 0 2 25SMU 3-4 0-1 0-0 5 6 2 2 0 1 25at Penn State 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 2 2 1 1 0 14Michigan State 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 2 0 0 9at Wisconsin 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8Purdue 0-2 0-0 3-4 2 3 1 0 0 2 20Minnesota 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 1 1 0 0 0 6at Michigan State 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 at Michigan 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 1 2 0 0 14 Indiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Wisconsin DNPChicago State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4at Iowa 0-1 0-0 4-4 2 4 4 0 0 3 18Illinois DNPMichigan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6Ohio State 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16at Minnesota 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 18at Indiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6Iowa 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1at Purdue 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 6 1 0 0 0 14at Ohio State 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16vs. Minnesota 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 2 0 1 11at Tulsa 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 8

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinStanford 3-6 0-1 0-2 4 6 5 1 0 1 32at DePaul 3-3 1-1 0-2 3 7 1 0 0 1 37Benedictine 8-11 1-1 3-3 5 20 4 2 1 0 22Brown 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 6 0 0 1 1 33at Virginia * 0-1 0-0 1-5 4 1 2 3 0 0 23Savannah State * 4-6 1-1 2-3 3 11 2 3 2 2 38Arkansas State * 1-3 0-1 2-5 1 4 1 1 1 0 24at Western Michigan * 3-7 0-1 0-0 1 6 2 2 0 2 27Howard * 5-8 0-0 0-0 4 10 4 0 0 3 20Penn State * 4-6 1-2 0-2 5 9 0 3 1 0 38at Ohio State * 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 2 2 0 0 17at Minnesota * 1-3 0-0 1-4 3 3 1 1 1 0 24Michigan * 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 3 1 0 17at Chicago State * 3-5 0-0 0-0 5 6 3 2 0 3 36at Wisconsin * 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 19Michigan State 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 2 0 0 11at Illinois 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 2 3 0 0 0 23UT-Pan American 4-4 0-0 0-0 5 8 1 0 1 2 27at Indiana * 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 9Minnesota 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4at Michigan State 3-7 0-0 0-0 3 6 3 3 2 0 33Ohio State 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9Purdue DNPat Iowa DNPIndiana DNPat Michigan DNPat Purdue DNPIowa DNPWisconsin DNPvs. Minnesota DNP

2006-07 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCornell 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 2 13DePaul 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 4 0 0 0 1 13at Stanford 3-6 1-2 1-5 0 8 1 1 0 1 24Brown 2-4 0-1 0-1 2 4 2 1 0 2 19North Florida 3-9 0-2 1-2 3 7 0 1 0 1 23Miami (Fla.) 1-2 1-2 0-0 4 3 1 0 0 1 14Western Michigan 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11Wheaton (Ill.) 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7vs. Tennessee Tech 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5vs. PR-Mayaguez 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 1 13vs. Utah 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 3 2 2 0 0 14Loyola (Md.) 3-3 1-1 2-3 2 9 0 1 0 0 13Northwestern State 2-5 0-1 5-7 4 9 0 0 0 3 18at Penn State DNPMichigan 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 1 1 0 0 0 13at Michigan State 2-4 1-3 3-4 1 8 0 2 0 0 24Wisconsin * 8-12 1-2 1-3 3 18 0 1 0 2 37at Ohio State * 1-7 0-1 0-0 6 2 2 3 0 3 28at Minnesota * 4-6 0-2 1-1 4 9 3 0 1 4 32Ohio State * 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 1 23Minnesota * 3-9 0-1 1-2 5 7 0 2 0 3 26at Wisconsin * 3-5 0-0 0-1 5 6 0 0 0 0 30Illinois * 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 6 1 1 0 1 31Penn State * 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 0 0 1 24at Iowa * 2-4 0-0 3-3 2 7 1 2 0 1 23at Illinois * 1-6 1-3 0-0 3 3 0 1 0 1 32UT-Pan American 2-3 0-0 6-7 3 10 1 0 0 0 24Purdue 2-4 1-1 0-0 1 5 3 2 0 2 26Indiana 5-6 0-0 1-2 5 11 2 2 0 0 33at Purdue 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1 0 0 24Michigan State 2-6 0-1 1-1 0 5 3 3 0 1 33



2008-09 Started all 31 games ... Ranked fourth in the Big Ten with a 2.19 assist-to-turnover ratio ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week March 2 after averag-ing 15.0 points, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game in wins over Indiana and Iowa ... Handed out at least six assists six times ... Scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half at Brown (11/22), connecting on 6-of-7 field goal attempts to go along with five assists and no turnovers ... Posted a team-high 12 points at Butler (11/25) ... Hauled in a season-high six rebounds to go along with eight points, four assists and three steals in a win over UC Riverside (12/1) ... Dished out a season-high eight assists in a win over DePaul (12/6) ... Had solid all-around game at Penn State (12/31), posting 10 points, six assists, five rebounds, three steals and no turnovers ... Tallied a season-high 20 points in an upset win at No. 7 Michigan State (1/21) ... Handed out seven assists in a win over Wisconsin (1/31) and again in a victory over Ohio State (2/18).

2007-08 Started all 30 games as a true freshman ... Set a Northwestern freshman record with 128 assists, the fifth-best school season total overall ... Handed out seven or more assists in a game seven times, including becoming just the third player in school history to post two games with nine assists or more in the same season ... Led all Big Ten freshmen in assists (4.27 pg), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.97) and minutes played (35.5 pg), was third in 3-point field goal percentage (.433) and fifth in scoring (11.6 ppg) ... Ranked second on team with 34 steals ... Scored 16 points, all in the second half, in first collegiate game against then-No. 20 Stanford (11/15) ... Scored career-best 24 points, including hitting five 3-pointers, at DePaul (11/17) ... Enjoyed solid all-around performance in his first career Big Ten game against Penn State (1/2), scoring 17 points and handing out a career-best 10 assists while committing just one turnover in 40 minutes of action.

HiGH SCHOOL Rated the No. 13 prospect in Illinois by ChicagoHoops.com ... Averaged 18 points, seven assists, four steals and five rebounds in his senior season ... A 2007 IBCA third-team All-State selection ... Also a first-team all-city and first-team all-Chicago Public League choice ... Team MVP as a senior ... Named the MVP of the 2006 Bigger Dipper Tournament ... Became the first player ever to be named to the Bigger Dipper all-tournament team all four years ... Named the MVP of the 2005 St. Rita Holiday Tourna-ment after averaging 22 points and five assist in four games ... Fourth-team all-city selection and first-team all-conference as a junior ... Led his team to a 16-12 record and a third place finish in the league ... Also a first-team all-conference selection as a sophomore ... Recorded career highs of 33 points, 13 assists and 10 boards ... High School coach was Tom Livatino ... Member of the Rising Stars AAU team four years, playing along side current Northwestern teammate Mike Capocci ... Member of the National Honor Society and Chicago Public League All-Academic Team.

MICHAEL THOMPSOn

225-10 • 190 • Jr.GuardChicago, Ill.Lincoln Park


PERSOnAL Born Michael Jovan Thompson on 2/9/1989 ... Parents are Gina and Joel Thompson ... Goes by the nickname “Juice” ... Chose Northwestern over Oklahoma State, Dayton, Tulsa, Bradley and Clemson ... Majoring in communication studies.


THOMPSOn’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2007-08 30-30 1065-35.5 124-286 .434 45-104 .433 55-86 .640 14-47 61-2.0 84 2 128 65 2 34 348-11.62008-09 31-31 1019-32.9 104-239 .435 48-115 .417 50-71 .704 11-49 60-1.9 93 4 114 52 2 40 306-9.9CAREER 61-61 2084-34.2 228-525 .434 93-219 .425 105-157 .669 25-96 121-2.0 177 6 242 117 4 74 654-10.7

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas * 4-6 2-3 0-0 1 10 4 0 0 1 21Texas A&M-CC * 2-10 0-4 5-6 1 9 1 1 0 2 33at Brown * 6-7 2-2 1-2 0 15 5 0 0 2 39at Butler * 4-8 2-4 2-2 1 12 2 3 0 0 31UC Riverside * 2-6 1-5 3-4 6 8 4 2 0 3 34Florida State * 1-6 0-1 2-4 3 4 2 2 0 0 28DePaul * 3-5 4-7 0-0 4 7 8 1 1 1 34UMKC * 5-9 3-6 4-4 4 17 6 1 0 0 38at Stanford * 2-6 0-1 3-4 1 7 6 6 0 0 34SMU * 5-9 3-5 1-2 4 14 1 4 0 2 37at Penn State * 4-6 2-3 0-0 5 10 6 0 0 3 35Michigan State * 4-13 2-8 1-4 4 11 3 1 0 0 37 at Wisconsin * 2-7 0-3 2-2 4 6 2 0 0 1 29Purdue * 2-6 1-2 1-3 1 6 3 1 0 2 25Minnesota * 3-7 1-3 1-4 1 8 3 2 0 2 36at Michigan State * 6-13 4-8 4-5 1 20 3 1 0 1 38at Michigan * 6-13 4-8 0-0 1 16 3 1 0 0 37Indiana * 5-9 3-5 2-2 0 15 5 7 0 2 31Wisconsin * 2-5 1-2 2-4 1 7 7 1 0 1 39Chicago State * 3-9 1-3 2-2 1 9 5 1 0 0 31at Iowa * 0-3 0-1 0-0 3 0 3 4 0 1 34Illinois * 4-11 1-4 0-0 2 9 5 1 0 1 37Michigan * 4-8 1-3 0-0 2 9 3 2 0 0 28Ohio State * 1-5 1-2 0-0 1 3 7 2 0 3 30at Minnesota * 3-8 2-5 0-0 0 8 1 2 0 1 30at Indiana * 4-5 2-3 6-6 2 16 5 1 0 3 31Iowa * 4-8 4-7 2-2 2 14 4 1 1 2 40-at Purdue * 4-9 2-5 2-3 1 12 2 1 0 2 33at Ohio State * 4-8 2-5 2-3 1 12 2 2 0 2 37vs. Minnesota * 3-9 0-2 2-2 1 8 1 1 0 2 26at Tulsa * 2-5 0-1 0-1 1 4 2 0 0 0 26

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinStanford * 6-14 1-3 3-5 3 16 4 0 0 2 35at DePaul * 8-14 5-8 3-5 4 24 2 3 0 0 37Benedictine * 3-4 0-1 1-1 0 7 7 3 1 0 28Brown * 5-12 3-5 1-2 1 14 9 2 0 3 40at Virginia * 5-17 3-9 1-2 3 14 2 4 0 0 37Savannah State * 1-8 1-5 9-12 0 12 6 3 1 1 40Arkansas State * 5-8 3-4 2-4 1 15 8 4 0 1 36at Western Michigan * 5-7 1-1 0-1 0 11 4 0 0 1 40Howard * 3-8 2-6 0-0 6 8 3 2 0 2 26Penn State * 5-9 1-2 6-6 2 17 10 1 0 2 40at Ohio State * 3-11 3-8 1-1 2 10 3 3 0 1 40at Minnesota * 4-10 1-2 0-2 4 9 4 6 0 3 35Michigan * 6-14 1-3 1-1 3 14 7 4 0 1 39at Chicago State * 4-7 0-0 0-1 4 8 3 0 0 0 32at Wisconsin * 5-11 1-2 5-8 3 16 5 1 0 1 40Michigan State * 0-6 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 1 27at Illinois * 5-12 2-3 1-2 1 13 2 2 0 1 37UT-Pan American * 5-9 0-3 8-11 7 18 7 4 0 0 37at Indiana * 3-9 1-3 0-0 1 7 3 1 0 0 37Minnesota * 7-8 2-3 3-5 1 19 7 0 0 1 38at Michigan State * 3-7 1-4 3-4 1 10 2 2 0 2 36Ohio State * 4-7 2-2 2-2 1 12 2 4 0 1 31Purdue * 4-12 2-4 0-0 1 10 3 1 0 1 37at Iowa * 2-6 0-2 0-0 3 4 2 2 0 2 37Indiana * 6-13 1-5 2-5 1 15 4 0 0 2 40at Michigan * 1-7 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 35at Purdue * 1-4 1-2 0-1 1 3 4 1 0 1 23Iowa * 5-10 2-2 2-2 4 14 2 2 0 2 31Wisconsin * 5-13 2-4 1-3 2 13 5 5 0 1 37vs. Minnesota * 5-9 3-4 0-0 0 13 3 4 0 1 37



2008-09 Appeared in 16 games ... Scored seven points in a season-opening win over Central Arkansas (11/16) ... Grabbed a season-high three rebounds to go along with three points and a steal vs. Chicago State (2/4) ... Dished out a season-high two assists and had two steals at Minnesota (2/22) ... Connected on nine of 12 free throw attempts ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2007-08 Appeared in 24 games ... Started five games as a true freshman, including the team’s first four contests ... Scored eight points in collegiate debut vs. No. 20 Stanford (11/15) ... Enjoyed his best all-around performance in a win over Benedictine (11/20), posting career bests of 12 points, six assists, five rebounds and a team season-high seven steals ... Recorded nine points and three steals in a win over Savannah State (12/1) ... Scored eight points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds in just 12 minutes of action at Minnesota (1/9).

HiGH SCHOOL 2007 IBCA first-team All-State and Associated Press third-team selection ... Two-time DuPage Valley Conference Player of the Year ... 2007 Chicago Sun-Times All-Area ... Averaged 18.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.4 assists for Glenbard East ... Totaled 1,475 points, 687 rebounds, 211 steals and 205 assists in his last three years ... Four-year letterwin-ner ... Recorded game highs of 35 points, 19 rebounds and seven assists ... Participated in the IBCA all-state, Windy City Hoops and Chicago City-Suburban All-Star games ... Third-team all-state selection as a junior ... Named the MVP of the Lemont Christmas Classic after averaging 26 points and nine rebounds ... Led team to a 68-16 record in three years on the varsity, including a school record with 25 wins in 2006-07 ... Posted career highs of 35 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists ... Unanimous all-conference, all-DuPage County and honorable mention all-state selection as a sophomore ... Also named to the District 87 all-tournament team ... High school coach was Scott Miller ... Member of the Illinois Defenders AAU squad for four years and also the Rising Stars, playing alongside fellow recruit Michael Thompson ... 2007 Chicago Tribune Scholar Athlete ... Ranked 24th in his class of 597 students ... Member of the Spanish Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta (math honors society) ... Given the President’s Award for academic excellence.

PERSOnAL Born Michael William Capocci on 9/2/1988 ... Parents are Robert and Meredith Capocci ... Chose Northwestern over Stanford, Marquette, Loyola, Wisconsin and Wyoming ... Major is economics.

MIKE CAPOCCi

36-6 • 195 • Jr.ForwardLombard, Ill.Glenbard East



CAPOCCi’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2007-08 24-5 240-10.0 25-54 .463 2-6 .333 18-34 .529 15-18 33-1.4 34 1 20 26 3 16 70-2.92008-09 16-0 78-4.9 7-13 .538 0-2 .000 9-12 .750 7-7 14-0.9 14 0 7 4 1 10 23-1.4TOTAL 40-5 318-8.0 32-67 .478 2-8 .250 27-46 .587 22-25 47-1.2 48 1 27 30 4 26 93-2.3

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas 2-2 0-0 3-4 2 7 1 0 0 1 13Texas A&M-CC 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4at Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1at Butler 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1UC Riverside 2-5 0-1 0-0 2 4 1 0 1 0 10Florida State 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2DePaul 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 2 5UMKC DNPat Stanford DNPSMU 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6at Penn State DNPMichigan State 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 1 0 0 1 6at Wisconsin 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 2 0 1 0 0 6Purdue DNPMinnesota DNPat Michigan State DNPat Michigan DNPIndiana DNPWisconsin 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3Chicago State 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 3 0 0 0 1 6at Iowa 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Illinois 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4Michigan DNPOhio State DNPat Minnesota 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 0 0 2 8at Indiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1Iowa DNPat Purdue DNPat Ohio State DNPvs. Minnesota DNPat Tulsa DNP

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinStanford * 4-6 0-0 0-2 1 8 0 4 0 1 15at DePaul * 0-5 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 2 1 0 19Benedictine * 4-8 1-2 3-5 5 12 6 2 1 7 24Brown * 0-0 0-0 3-4 1 3 0 3 0 1 12at Virginia 3-6 0-1 1-2 5 7 2 2 0 0 21Savannah State 3-4 0-0 3-4 1 9 0 1 0 3 13Arkansas State * 1-1 0-0 2-4 1 4 1 1 0 0 13at Western Michigan 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2Howard 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 0 14Penn State DNPat Ohio State 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 2 2 0 1 15at Minnesota 3-4 0-0 2-2 8 8 0 3 0 1 12Michigan 1-2 0-0 2-3 0 4 1 0 0 1 11at Chicago State 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6at Wisconsin DNPMichigan State 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4at Illinois 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11UT-Pan American DNPat Indiana DNPMinnesota 0-0 0-0 0-2 4 0 2 2 1 0 16at Michigan State 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Ohio State DNPPurdue 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 1 0 0 0 5at Iowa 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 2 0 0 0 0 8Indiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Michigan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Purdue 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 1 1 0 0 6Iowa 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3Wisconsin 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7vs. Minnesota DNP



2008-09 Came off the bench each of the first 18 games of the season and 24 overall ... Enjoyed solid all-around performance at Butler, scoring 11 points, grab-bing six rebounds and handing out three assists in 29 minutes of action ... Scored seven points on 3-of-3 shooting with two rebounds and two assists in just eight minutes of action in a win over Central Arkansas (11/16) ... Tallied 10 points, including eight in a one-minute stretch during the second half, in a win over Florida State (12/3) ... Posted seven points and team highs of six rebounds and four assists vs. Purdue (1/15).

2007-08 Appeared in 17 games and made nine starts as a redshirt freshman ... Made first career start against Ohio State (2/13) ... Handed out career-best 7 assists vs. No. 15 Indiana (2/23) ... Posted career highs of 13 points and seven rebounds in a win at Michigan (2/26) ... Scored all 13 of his team-high point total in the first half at No. 16 Purdue (3/1) ... Tallied 6 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in a season-high 32 minutes of action vs. Iowa (3/4) ... Posted 8 points and 5 rebounds in 10 minutes against Howard (12/20).

2006-07 Did not see any game action.

HiGH SCHOOL Member of club team KK Borik-Puntamika that finished seventh at the Croatian Championships ... Averaged 15.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists senior year.

PERSOnAL Born Ivan Peljusic on 8/6/1987 ... Parents are Ksenija Peljusic and the late Davor Peljusic ... Major is communication studies.

IVAN PELJUSiC

216-8 • 215 • Jr.ForwardZadar, CroatiaV. Nazor Gymnasium



PELJUSiC’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2007-08 17-9 231-13.6 29-72 .403 3-16 .188 6-11 .545 14-29 43-2.5 26 1 25 17 1 4 67-3.92008-09 24-0 236-9.8 23-50 .460 3-9 .333 8-20 .400 13-33 46-1.9 21 0 21 16 6 7 57-2.4CAREER 41-9 467-11.4 52-122 .426 6-25 .240 14-31 .452 27-62 89-2.2 47 1 46 33 7 11 124-3.0

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas 3-3 1-1 0-0 2 7 2 0 0 0 8Texas A&M-CC 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2at Brown 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6at Butler 5-8 0-0 1-2 6 11 3 2 1 0 29UC Riverside 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7Florida State 3-7 1-1 3-4 2 10 1 0 0 1 20DePaul 0-3 0-1 0-0 6 0 1 1 1 1 13UMKC 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 3 2 17at Stanford 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4SMU 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 1 0 0 3at Penn State 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6Michigan State 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 at Wisconsin 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4Purdue 3-5 1-2 0-0 6 7 4 3 0 0 21Minnesota 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 1 1 0 0 8at Michigan State 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 2 0 0 4at Michigan 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 14Indiana 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 3 1 3 1 1 15Wisconsin DNPChicago State 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2at Iowa DNPIllinois DNPMichigan 2-6 0-0 0-4 5 4 3 0 0 2 29Ohio State DNPat Minnesota 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8at Indiana DNPIowa DNPat Purdue 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Ohio State DNPvs. Minnesota 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7at Tulsa 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinStanford DNPat DePaul DNPBenedictine 2-3 0-1 0-2 2 4 0 1 0 0 10Brown DNPat Virginia 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4Savannah State DNPArkansas State 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2at Western Michigan DNPHoward 4-7 0-1 0-0 5 8 1 1 0 1 10Penn State DNPat Ohio State DNPat Minnesota 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2Michigan DNP at Chicago State DNPat Wisconsin DNPMichigan State DNPat Illinois 0-2 0-1 0-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3UT-Pan American DNPat Indiana DNPMinnesota 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 1 0 0 12at Michigan State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Ohio State * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5Purdue * 3-7 0-0 2-2 2 8 1 3 0 0 15at Iowa * 2-5 0-1 0-0 5 4 0 3 0 0 14Indiana * 2-6 0-1 0-0 3 4 7 1 0 0 22at Michigan * 5-10 1-2 2-3 7 13 3 1 0 1 27at Purdue * 6-12 1-1 0-0 3 13 0 2 0 0 26Iowa * 3-7 0-1 0-0 6 6 4 0 0 0 32Wisconsin * 0-4 0-2 0-0 4 0 5 0 1 1 20vs. Minnesota * 1-3 1-2 0-0 2 3 3 1 0 1 26



2009- 1 0 w i LdcATSMATT STEGER

336-5 • 190 • Sr.Guard/ForwardNorthfield, Ill.Loyola Academy

2008-09 Appeared in four games off the bench before having season cut short due to injuries ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2007-08 Battled injuries throughout the season and appeared in just two games ... Saw first playing time of the season in a win over Arkansas State (12/3) ... Grabbed a rebound and handed out an assist in a victory over Howard (12/20).

2006-07 Played in eight games ... Scored two points in the win over Northwestern State (12/31) ... Made one free throw at Purdue (3/3).

HiGH SCHOOL Helped lead Loyola Academy to a 50-10 record over final two seasons ... Three-year letterwinner and team captain ... Averaged 12 points, five rebounds and three assists his senior season as the Ramblers went 27-4 and captured a regional championship and the Chicago Catholic League title ... A two-time Chicago Catholic League all-conference selection ... High school coach was Bryan Tucker ... Helped his team to a 23-6 record in 2004-05 ... Member of the Illinois Warriors AAU team in the summer of 2005, playing with current NU teammate Jeff Ryan ... Also played golf for two years.

PERSOnAL Born Matthew Milberg Steger on 11/7/1987 ... Parents are Peter and Sheila Steger ... Father played baseball at the University of Illinois from 1975-79 ... Grandfather, Russell Steger, was an All-American football player at Illinois from 1946-50 and an all-Big Ten baseball player ... Uncle, Geoff Steger, played football at the University of Michigan from 1970-74 ... Major is learning and organizational change.

STEGER’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2006-07 8-0 14-1.8 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 0-1 1-0.1 2 0 1 1 0 2 3-0.42007-08 2-0 4-2.0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1-0.5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0.02008-09 4-0 5-1.3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0.0CAREER 14-0 23-1.6 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 1-3 .333 0-2 2-0.1 4 0 3 1 0 2 3-0.2

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Texas A&M-CC 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1UC Riverside 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1DePaul 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinArkansas State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Howard 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

2006-07 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinBrown 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2vs. Utah 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1Northwestern State 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2at Penn State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2at Michigan State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Ohio State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2Illinois 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2at Purdue 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2


2009- 1 0 w i LdcATSDAVIDE CURLETTi

306-9 • 228 • So.ForwardFarmington Hills, Mich.Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

2008-09 Earned first career start vs. Ohio State (2/18), grabbing a pair of rebounds ... Came off the bench in 16 other contests ... Scored five points and grabbed two rebounds in a season-opening win over Central Arkansas (11/16) ... Posted four points in a win over DePaul (12/6) ... Scored four points and grabbed three rebounds in 12 minutes of action at Wisconsin (1/7) ... Played seven minutes in an upset win at No. 20 Michigan State (1/21) ... Handed out a pair of assists at Michigan (1/24).

HiGH SCHOOL Second-team all-state selection of the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News ... Honorable mention all-state pick of the Associated Press ... Averaged 16.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game ... Helped St. Mary’s to three consecutive Catholic League titles and a berth in the Class A quarterfinals as a senior ... Named to All-Metro North team ... Team MVP ... Four-year letterwinner ... Team captain ... Participated in the Michigan prep all-star game ... Competed on the AAU circuit with The Family ... High school coach was George Poritt.

PERSOnAL Born Davide Curletti on 3/21/1990 ... Son of Dario and Maura Curletti ... High school teammate of Michigan State’s Kalin Lucas ... Chose Northwestern over Michigan ... Major is undeclared.

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas 2-2 1-1 0-0 2 5 1 2 0 0 16Texas A&M-CC 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 1 0 15at Brown DNPat Butler DNPUC Riverside 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1Florida State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2DePaul 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 0 0 0 3UMKC DNPat Stanford DNPSMU DNPat Penn State DNPMichigan State DNP at Wisconsin 2-4 0-0 0-1 3 4 1 2 0 0 12Purdue DNPMinnesota DNPat Michigan State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7at Michigan 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3Indiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4Wisconsin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5Chicago State 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1at Iowa 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7Illinois DNPMichigan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5Ohio State * 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 1 0 0 13at Minnesota 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7at Indiana 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1Iowa DNPat Purdue DNPat Ohio State DNPvs. Minnesota DNPat Tulsa 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

CURLETTi’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2008-09 17-1 102-6.0 8-15 .533 2-2 1.000 0-1 .000 3-11 14-0.8 19 0 7 10 1 1 18-1.1


2008-09 Came off the bench to appear in eight games ... Scored first career points on first field goal attempt vs. Central Arkansas (11/16) ... Connected on a pair of free throw attempts at Wisconsin (1/7).

HiGH SCHOOL Posted averages of 19.9 points, 7.2 rebounds 3.2 assists and 2.5 steals per game as a senior and 21.2 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game as a junior ... School’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,849 career points ... Named to the Associated Press Class 4A all-state first team as a senior and second team as a junior ... First-team all-state selec-tion of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association as a senior and junior and a third-team pick sophomore year ... Four-time All-Western Sun Conference pick, leading Batavia to three conference titles ... Chicago Sun-Times three-time all-area selection, including 4A first-team all-state senior year ... All-state pick of the Chicago Tribune as a junior and senior ... Four-time all-area selection of the Daily Herald, including two-time captain of the squad ... Three-time Player of the Year pick of the Geneva Republican ... Four-year letterwinner ... High honor roll student.

PERSOnAL Born Nicholas Kenneth Fruendt on 10/2/1989 ... Son of Joel and Suzanne Fruendt ... Father played collegiate basketball at Illinois Wesleyan ... Attended same high school as NBA great Dan Issel ... Chose Northwestern over Bradley, DePaul, Southern Illinois, Dayton, Wisconsin and Xavier ... Major is undeclared.

NICK FRUEnDT

156-5 • 195 • So.GuardBatavia, Ill.Batavia


2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5Texas A&M-CC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1at Brown DNPat Butler DNPUC Riverside 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Florida State DNPDePaul 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2UMKC DNPat Stanford DNPSMU DNPat Penn State DNPMichigan State DNP at Wisconsin 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 1 0 0 4Purdue DNPMinnesota DNPat Michigan State DNPat Michigan DNPIndiana DNPWisconsin DNPChicago State DNPat Iowa 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+Illinois DNPMichigan DNPOhio State DNPat Minnesota 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3at Indiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1Iowa DNPat Purdue DNPat Ohio State DNPvs. Minnesota DNPat Tulsa 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

FRUEnDT’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2008-09 9-0 17-1.9 1-8 .125 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1-1 2-0.2 2 0 1 1 0 0 4-0.4


2009- 1 0 w i LdcATSLUKA MiRKOViC

126-11 • 243 • So.Forward/CenterBelgrade, SerbiaLa Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.)

2008-09 Posted a .444 field goal percentage, including .526 in Big Ten play ... Recorded seven points, six rebounds and two blocked shots at Stanford (12/20) ... Tied a team season high with three blocked shots vs. SMU (12/23) ... Tallied nine points and three assists vs. No. 10 Michigan State (1/3) ... Contributed eight points, four rebounds and three assists vs. No. 19 Purdue (1/15) ... Posted four points and five rebounds in a win over No. 18 Minnesota (1/18) ... Notched seven points, including a key bas-ket with just over a minute remaining, in a win over Wisconsin (1/31) ... Tallied nine points and six rebounds at Iowa (2/7) ... Established career highs with 14 points, 12 rebounds and four assists in first career start vs. No. 22 Illinois (1/12) ... Contributed eight points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots in a win at Indiana (2/25) ... Posted six points, eight rebounds and five assists in a victory at No. 19 Purdue (3/4).

HiGH SCHOOL Rated as the fourth-best collegiate prospect in the state of Indiana by Hoops Indiana ... Averaged 25 points and 15 rebounds per game at La Lumiere ... First-team all-area selection of The News-Dispatch ... Season high in scoring was 37 points ... Team captain ... Scored a game-high 24 points and added 10 rebounds and three blocked shots in The News-Dispatch charity all-star game ... Honor roll student ... High school coach was Delray Brooks.

PERSOnAL Born Luka Mirkovic in Belgrade, Serbia on 5/27/1989 ... Son of Aleksandar and Dragana Mirkovic ... Chose Northwestern over Louisville, DePaul and Marquette ... Major is undeclared.

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas DNPTexas A&M-CC 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 2 1 2 0 2 10at Brown 0-3 0-0 3-4 3 3 1 1 0 0 21at Butler 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 7UC Riverside 0-2 0-1 0-2 2 0 2 2 0 0 12Florida State 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 DePaul 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12UMKC DNPat Stanford 3-6 0-0 1-2 6 7 0 0 2 1 20SMU 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 2 3 1 17at Penn State 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 1 1 1 0 20Michigan State 4-5 0-0 1-2 2 9 3 0 1 1 16 at Wisconsin 1-2 0-0 0-1 3 2 0 1 0 0 13Purdue 3-4 1-1 1-1 4 8 3 1 1 0 16Minnesota 1-4 0-0 2-2 5 4 2 1 1 0 22at Michigan State 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 0 0 0 17at Michigan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15Indiana DNPWisconsin 2-3 0-1 3-4 3 7 0 2 1 0 25Chicago State 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 4 1 0 1 15at Iowa 4-4 0-0 1-1 6 9 0 0 1 1 22Illinois * 5-7 2-2 2-3 12 14 4 0 0 1 35Michigan DNPOhio State DNPat Minnesota * 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 8at Indiana 4-7 0-1 0-0 7 8 2 2 2 2 33Iowa 0-1 0-0 3-4 0 3 2 0 0 0 25at Purdue 3-8 0-0 0-0 8 6 5 0 0 0 27at Ohio State 0-4 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 21vs. Minnesota 1-3 0-0 2-2 5 4 1 3 1 0 20at Tulsa 1-5 1-1 3-4 5 6 3 3 0 1 30

MiRKOViC’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2008-09 26-2 480-18.5 36-81 .444 4-10 .400 26-39 .667 30-54 84-3.2 59 1 40 26 14 11 102-3.9


2009- 1 0 w i LdcATSKYLE ROWLEY

547-0 • 285 • So.CenterArima, TrinidadLake Forest (Ill.) Academy

2008-09 Started 28 games and appeared in all 31 as a true freshman ... Ranked third on the team with a .465 field goal percentage ... Enjoyed a solid collegiate debut, recording 10 points, four rebounds and two assists in a win over Central Arkansas (11/16) ... Tied a collegiate high with 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting against UC Riverside (12/1) ... Scored seven points while tying a career high of 21 minutes played in a win over Indiana (1/28) ... Contributed seven points and three rebounds off the bench in a career-high 23 minutes of action in a win over Ohio State (2/18) ... Came off the bench to post seven points, two assists and two rebounds at Minnesota (2/22) ... Scored four points and grabbed three rebounds in a win at No. 19 Purdue (3/4).

HiGH SCHOOL Competed for two years at Lake Forest Academy ... Named the Independent School League co-Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection ... Averaged 14 points, eight rebounds and two blocks per game during the 2007-08 season ... Former Wildcat guard Nate Pomeday was an assistant coach of his at Lake Forest Academy ... Played with Trinidad and Tobago’s under-18 national team during the summer of 2007 ... Invited to participate in the 2008 NBPA Top 100 Camp prior to declaring himself as collegiate prospect for 2008-09 ... First-team all-conference selection in track and field, placing first in the shot put and second in the discus ... Competed on the AAU circuit for Full Package for two years ... High school coach was Matt Vaughn.

PERSOnAL Born Kyle Christian Rowley on 1/21/1990 ... Son of Keith and Cheryl Rowley ... Chose Northwestern over Indiana, Georgetown, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Pittsburgh and Oregon State ... ... Major is undeclared.

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas * 3-5 0-0 4-5 4 10 2 5 0 0 19Texas A&M-CC * 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 0 1 0 13at Brown * 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 6 0 1 0 0 13at Butler * 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2UC Riverside * 5-6 0-0 0-0 3 10 0 4 0 0 20Florida State * 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 3 0 3 1 0 16DePaul * 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 1 0 0 10UMKC * 2-5 0-0 1-2 4 5 3 0 1 1 21at Stanford * 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 6 1 2 0 0 16SMU * 3-7 0-0 3-4 4 9 1 2 1 0 20at Penn State * 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 3 1 1 12Michigan State * 1-4 0-0 2-2 3 4 1 1 0 0 16 at Wisconsin * 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 1 0 0 12Purdue * 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3Minnesota * 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10at Michigan State * 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 1 11at Michigan * 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 0 1 0 0 9Indiana * 3-5 0-0 1-3 2 7 1 1 0 1 21Wisconsin * 1-1 0-0 1-6 2 3 1 1 0 0 10Chicago State * 2-5 0-0 1-1 3 5 0 1 1 0 18at Iowa * 0-3 0-0 1-2 2 1 0 1 1 0 12Illinois 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5Michigan * 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 3 0 0 11Ohio State 3-8 0-0 1-1 3 7 0 1 0 1 23at Minnesota 2-3 0-0 3-6 2 7 2 0 0 0 20at Indiana * 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7Iowa * 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 0 1 0 13at Purdue * 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 4 1 0 0 0 11at Ohio State * 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 1 1 0 19vs. Minnesota * 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11at Tulsa * 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

ROWLEY’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2008-09 31-28 413-13.3 46-99 .465 0-0 .000 19-35 .543 19-37 56-1.8 58 1 18 38 9 5 111-3.6



2008-09 Started all 31 games as a true freshman ... Second on the team with a .466 field goal percentage and 18 blocked shots ... Scored 17 points, hitting 6-of-7 field goal attempts, while grabbing nine rebounds and blocking three shots in a win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/19) ... Scored 10 points and hauled in a game-high seven rebounds against UC Riverside (12/1) ... Posted a career-high 20 points and a team-high eight rebounds in a win over UMKC (12/15) ... Tallied a team-high 16 points in first Big Ten game at Penn State (12/31) ... Posted 18 points, including four 3-pointers in the first three minutes of the second half, in a win over Chicago State (2/4) ... Notched 17 points and eight rebounds vs. Michigan (2/15) ... Knocked down a game-winning 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds remaining in a victory over Ohio State (2/18).

HiGH SCHOOL Named 4A second-team all-state by Associated Press and first-team 3A/4A all-state by Illinois Basketball Coaches Association as a senior ... Set school records with averages of 22.9 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game senior year ... Won 4A slam dunk title at the state tournament ... Earned all-state special mention honors from the Chicago Tribune after averaging 19.6 points and 10.3 rebounds per game as a ju-nior ... Two-time Daily Herald all-area pick ... Twice named Player of the Year by Glen Ellyn News ... Three-time All-West Suburban Conference selection ... Helped guide the Hilltoppers to their first Class AA sectional championship title since 1938 junior year with 31 points, 16 rebounds and 6 blocked shots in a win over East Aurora ... High school coach was Tim Hoder ... Also competed in volleyball, earning special mention all-area honors from the Daily Herald.

PERSOnAL Born John William Shurna on 4/30/1990 ... Son of Antanas and Suzy Shurna ... Chose Northwestern over Washington State, Loyola, Green Bay, Davidson and Penn ... Major is undeclared.

JOHN SHURnA

246-8 • 208 • So.ForwardGlen Ellyn, Ill.Glenbard West

2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb Pts A TO B S MinCentral Arkansas * 2-4 2-3 0-0 0 6 1 1 0 1 13Texas A&M-CC * 6-7 1-2 4-7 9 17 2 1 3 2 29at Brown * 2-4 0-0 1-1 3 5 1 1 1 1 23at Butler * 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 5 0 4 1 1 11UC Riverside * 4-7 0-3 2-2 7 10 2 2 1 0 19Florida State * 3-8 1-3 1-2 5 8 2 3 1 1 20DePaul * 3-8 0-0 3-4 4 9 2 1 0 0 25UMKC * 7-12 2-4 4-5 8 20 3 3 2 0 28at Stanford * 2-3 1-1 0-0 3 5 0 2 0 0 10SMU * 4-7 1-3 4-7 4 13 2 3 0 0 27at Penn State * 6-15 2-8 2-3 2 16 1 2 0 2 28Michigan State * 1-2 1-2 2-2 1 5 2 2 1 0 18 at Wisconsin * 1-4 1-2 0-0 2 3 0 1 0 0 12Purdue * 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Minnesota * 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12at Michigan State * 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6at Michigan * 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6Indiana * 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11Wisconsin * 2-2 2-2 0-0 1 6 1 1 0 0 13Chicago State * 7-12 4-6 0-0 0 18 1 1 1 1 20at Iowa * 2-5 0-3 0-0 3 4 0 0 1 1 18Illinois * 3-8 1-5 1-1 4 8 1 1 1 0 22Michigan * 7-9 1-1 2-2 8 17 2 2 0 1 33Ohio State * 3-8 1-2 2-3 2 9 0 1 0 0 19at Minnesota * 2-7 1-3 4-4 6 9 0 0 1 0 23at Indiana * 4-9 0-2 3-4 3 11 0 1 2 0 25Iowa * 3-6 1-2 0-0 4 7 1 0 2 0 27at Purdue * 1-6 0-2 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 0 21at Ohio State * 0-1 0-1 0-0 4 0 1 2 0 0 12vs. Minnesota * 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 3 1 0 0 0 12at Tulsa * 4-8 1-5 0-0 2 9 1 3 0 2 28

SHURnA’S CAREER STATS Total 3-pt ReboundsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2008-09 31-31 574-18.5 83-178 .466 26-75 .347 35-47 .745 33-60 93-3.0 37 2 32 38 18 14 227-7.3


2009- 1 0 w i LdcATSDREW CRAWFORD

16-5 • 195 • Fr.Guard/ForwardNaperville, Ill.Naperville Central

ALEx MARCOTULLiO

46-3 • 176 • Fr.GuardWarren, Mich.De La Salle

HiGH SCHOOL First-team all-state selection of the Chicago Sun-Times and second-team pick by the Chicago Tribune and Associated Press as a senior ... Two-time DuPage Valley Conference co-Player of the Year ... Twice named to Daily Herald all-area team, including DuPage County Player of the Year senior year ... Posted averages of 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists per game during final prep season ... Nominated for McDonald’s All-America game ... Guided Naperville Central to back-to-back conference titles, including going undefeated in 2008-09 ... Averaged 17 points and 6 rebounds per game as a junior ... Rated No. 3 prospect in the state of Illinois by City/Suburban Hoops Report ... Scored 40 points in a regional semifinal win over Geneva junior year ... Played for Illinois Warriors AAU team ... High school coach was Pete Kramer.

PERSOnAL Born Andrew Eugene Crawford on 10/18/1990 ... Son of Danny and Claudia Crawford ... Father is a long-time NBA referee ... Chose Northwestern over Wake Forest, Oklahoma State, Loyola Chicago and DePaul.

HiGH SCHOOL Second-team Class A all-state selection of the Detroit Free Press as a senior and third-team pick as a junior ... Fourth-team pick of the Detroit News junior year ... Averaged 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game as a senior ... Twice named first-team All-Catholic ... Two-time first-team All-Macomb County, including Player of the Year as a senior ... First-team All-Metro East ... Team MVP ... Two-time team captain ... Nominated for McDonald’s All-America game ... Sporting News honor-able mention All-American ... Team earned a berth in the MHSAA state semifinals as a sophomore ... Guided the Pilots to four district cham-pionships ... Played AAU ball for The Family, the same club as current Northwestern teammate Davide Curletti ... Also competed in football and baseball ... Honor roll student ... National Honor Society member ... High school coach was Greg Esler.

PERSOnAL Born Alex James Marcotullio on 6/6/1991 ... Son of Loretta and Lyle Marcotullio ... Chose Northwestern over Western Michigan and Oakland.

REGGIE HEARn

116-4 • 195 • Fr.GuardFort Wayne, Ind.Snider

HiGH SCHOOL Three-year letterwinner ... Team captain ... Averaged 14.9 points and 7.8 rebounds per game as a senior ... Helped guide Snider to a 25-2 record and a 4A state runner-up finish senior year ... Named to all-tournament team after scoring 15 points in the championship game and setting a state finals record by going 11-of-15 from the free throw line ... All-Summit Athletic Conference and all-area selection ... Recipient of the Arthur L. Trester Mental Attitude Award for Class 4A ... Participated in Hall of Fame Classic and East/West Indiana All-Star Game ... National Honor Society member ... Graduated fourth in his class ... Member of Youth Leadership Fort Wayne ... National Achievement Scholar member of National Society of High School Scholars ... High school coach was Ray Sims.

PERSOnAL Born Reggie Christian Hearn on 8/14/1991 ... Son of Lisa Hearn and Crane Hearn ... Father played basketball at Carthage College ... Attended same high school as former NFL players Rod Woodson and Vaughn Dunbar. Freshmen ALEX MARCOTULLiO, DREW CRAWFORD and REGGiE HEARn


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MIKE CAPOCCI

KEVIN COBLE

DREW CRAWFORD

DAVIDE CURLETTI

NICK FRUENDT

REGGIE HEARN

ALEx MARCOTULLIO

LUKA MIRKOVIC

JEREMY NASH

IVAN PELJUSIC

KYLE ROWLEY

JEFF RYAN

JOHNSHURNA

MATTSTEGER

MICHAELTHOMPSON

Favorite food Dream job Favorite TV show(s)Best thing aboutbeing a WildcatFavorite website

Person i’d most like to meet

Any kind of seafood Basketball player Sopranos, Prison Break and Entourage

Northwestern.edu

The opportunity to play against the best basketball players in

the country

Barack Obama

Barbeque hot wings from Hooters

Play in the NBA or a head coaching job

Entourage and Family Guy

ESPN.com and YouTube

Being able to compete at the highest level

Michael Jordan or Denzel Washington

Macaroni and cheese

Professional basketball player

Grey’s Anatomy YouTube Playing against great

competition Barack Obama

New York strip steak Play in the NBA Seinfeld GooglePlaying in the Big Ten

and earning aNorthwestern education

Tiger Woods

Buffalo chicken saladPro basketball player

turned architectSports Soup stumbleupon.com Being a part of a

program on the riseMy grandfather Frank

Double cheeseburger

NBA all-star or professional golfer

CSI ESPN.com My teammates Peyton Manning

Pizza and my mom’s spaghetti

Deep sea diver Shaq vs. sportsillustrated.com Playing in theBig Ten Conference

LeBron James

PizzaCollege or NBA

coachThe Game NUsports.com

Spending every day with my teammates Deron Williams

Pasta with home-made vodka sauce

Stay-at-home dad24, The Office and

Seinfeld YouTube Playing in the Big

Ten and living in the Chicago area

Barack Obama

Lasagna NBA commentator Sportscenter FacebookIt always feels like

a family Larry Bird

Pasta or anything Italian

Sports analyst for ESPN or NBA TV

Entourage, Prison Break and Friends

craigmoore.wordpress.comThe valuable rela-tionships you build Barack Obama

Ribs BatmanSeinfeld and Entourage NUsports.com

The proximity to Chicago Ricky Bobby

Lasagna Film producer Lost NUsports.comLiving so close to

Chicago and playing at the high major level

Leonardo DiCaprio

Thanksgiving dinner Professional ice skater

Lost Kanye West’s blog All the great people around me!

Miley Cyrus

Buffalo wings Head coach Californication chicagoblackhawks.com Big Ten games John Wooden

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